seed vessel

noun

, Botany.

1. a pericarp.

seed vessel

noun

1. botany a dry fruit, such as a capsule

Word History and Origins

Origin of seed vessel¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

Oleace, having imperfect flowers and a seed-vessel prolonged into a thin wing at the apex (called a samara).

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Jute fibre is obtained from two varieties of plants which appear to differ only in the shape of the fruit or seed vessel.

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The seed-vessel belongs to the seed, only and for ever: it is formed for itself and has no purpose apart.

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Now it is withdrawn further still, as ripeness comes, from the seed-vessel into the seed.

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The seed-vessel with its hidden treasure--the ultimate object of this miracle of quickening--begins immediately to form.

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